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SHINTOIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Shintoist mean? 

SHINTOIST (noun)
  The noun SHINTOIST has 1 sense:

1. a believer in Shintoismplay

  Familiarity information: SHINTOIST used as a noun is very rare.


SHINTOIST (adjective)
  The adjective SHINTOIST has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characteristic of Shintoismplay

  Familiarity information: SHINTOIST used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHINTOIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A believer in Shintoism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Shintoist" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Shintoist" is a member of...):

Shinto (the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan)

Derivation:

Shintoism (the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors)


SHINTOIST (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of Shintoism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Shinto; Shintoist; Shintoistic

Context example:

Shinto temples

Pertainym:

Shintoism (the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors)


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